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NOAK and NEFCO organised a side event on NAMAs and MRV requirements during the UN climate conference at COP18 in Doha, Qatar on 3.12.2012. There are different opinions on what the minimum requirements on MRV systems for NAMAs should be and what the role of the UNFCCC would be in this regard. Issues have also been raised on whether there should be a differentiation in the MRV system between the different types of NAMAs. The aim of the side event was to explore practical experience on the issue, both from on-going initiatives and from the donors. This report first presents briefly the key concepts NAMA and MRV, then discusses each presentation and finally draws a summary on the observations and lessons emerging from the side event.

Climate and civilization.

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Adaptation to climate change is a necessity for advanced and developing economies alike. Policymakers face the challenge of facilitating this transition. This Note argues that adaptation to climate change should be part of a holistic development strategy involving both private and public sector responses. Governments can prioritize public investment in adaptation programs with positive externalities, address market imperfections and policies that make private adaptation inefficient, and mobilize revenues for, and distribute the benefits of, adaptation. Although the choice of what should be done and at what cost ultimately depends on each society's preferences, economic theory provides a useful framework to maximize the impact of public spending. Cost-benefit analysis, complemented by the analysis of distributional effects, can be used to prioritize adaptation programs as well as all other development programs to promote an efficient and just transition to a changed climate. While compensations may be needed to offset damages that are either impossible or too expensive to abate, subsidies for adaptation require careful calibration to prevent excessive risk taking.

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À rebours des idées reçues, cet ouvrage développe une analyse de la circulation des controverses climat et Anthropocène dans les espaces publics et ceux, plus spécifiques, de la science. Dans un contexte de crise écologique, démocratique, économique et, plus récemment, sanitaire avec la COVID-19, comment prendre des décisions politiques en s'appuyant sur des savoirs intrinsèquement soumis à des incertitudes, des controverses et des zones d'ignorance ? L'urgence de l'action tend à simplifier les débats au détriment de l'extraordinaire complexité des savoirs. Un constat : les citoyen.nes peuvent difficilement se forger un avis éclairé tant la complexité des débats contradictoires est réduite à leur plus simple expression, la caricature. Comprendre les controverses depuis l'espace public revient à se mettre dans la peau d'un extraterrestre arrivant sur Terre observant une compression de César et cherchant à comprendre le fonctionnement de cet objet présenté comme une voiture. S'affranchissant des frontières disciplinaires et des controverses internes aux sciences, cet ouvrage propose une plongée dans la complexité des controverses passées et actuelles en s'appuyant sur fouille minutieuse des savoirs. Il propose notamment une radioscopie de la crise climatosceptique autour de 2010. Ce livre déconstruit tout autant l'extraordinaire plasticité du concept d'Anthropocène. In fine, l'auteur défend l'idée de remettre la complexité au cœur des enjeux démocratiques du dialogue sciences-société.

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Adaptation to climate change is a necessity for advanced and developing economies alike. Policymakers face the challenge of facilitating this transition. This Note argues that adaptation to climate change should be part of a holistic development strategy involving both private and public sector responses. Governments can prioritize public investment in adaptation programs with positive externalities, address market imperfections and policies that make private adaptation inefficient, and mobilize revenues for, and distribute the benefits of, adaptation. Although the choice of what should be done and at what cost ultimately depends on each society's preferences, economic theory provides a useful framework to maximize the impact of public spending. Cost-benefit analysis, complemented by the analysis of distributional effects, can be used to prioritize adaptation programs as well as all other development programs to promote an efficient and just transition to a changed climate. While compensations may be needed to offset damages that are either impossible or too expensive to abate, subsidies for adaptation require careful calibration to prevent excessive risk taking.

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The FSAP started in an important macro-financial phase right after the second Covid wave and a third lockdown. The balance sheet resilience of major institutional sectors was at the center of policy considerations. Against this backdrop, the FSAP analyzed the pandemic's potential "scarring" of banks, insurers, corporates, and households balance sheets, focusing on the interplay of macro-financial/structural conditions and financial vulnerabilities.

Climate and civilization.